Re: Do the rules determine the nature of Glorantha?

From: Andrew Dawson <asmpd_at_...>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:45:52 -0500

I was referring to page 128 (end of Sacrificing to Landscape Deities), and extrapolating since every feat known to a worshipper drops the deity's function rating by 1. (a rule I will not be using as written) On further review, I was taking some liberties with the whole climbing Kero Fin part, but it still says that worshipping landscape deities weakens them. Maybe the wording of this isn't meant to be taken literally for landscape deities that also have non-landscape deity cults (given the answer below that these cults are still relevant).

Thanks,
Andy

At 06:14 PM 9/23/2003 -0700, Andrew Solovay wrote:
>Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...> wrote:
> >
> >> 5. Now that Kero Fin and Engizi are landscape deities, are their
> >> Storm Tribe cults still relevant (now that having 140 worshippers
> >> can drop the resistance to climb Kero Fin to zero)?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > How do you figure that 140 worshippers drop the resistance to zero?
> > Giving Total Support they'd only give the climber +13. What rule(s)
> > are you using?
>
>I think he's talking about the rule where if you worship a landscape
>deity/guardian/etc., you gain powers, but the deity loses strength--the more
>people who (e.g.) gain feats from Two-Top Hill, the lower Two-Top Hill's
>power as a guardian will be.
>
>So if X people are in the cult of Kero Fin (and getting magic powers), Kero
>Fin's inherent powers (like "Resist Climber" or whatever) will decrease,
>because the power has been farmed out to worshippers.
>
>...but I don't have the rule book with me...
>
>--AMS
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